Countess Marjory of Carrick

Countess Marjory of Carrick (1256-9 November 1292) was the countess of Carrick from 1256 to 1292, succeeding Earl Niall of Carrick and preceding Robert Bruce.

Biography
Marjory was born in 1256 to the Catholic Scottish House of Galloway, the daughter of Earl Niall of Carrick. Her first husband, Adam of Kilconquhar, was killed in the Eighth Crusade of 1271. Adam's companion Earl Robert of Annandale arrived with the news of Adam's death to Marjory, who was so taken with him that she held him captive until he agreed to marry her at Turnberry Castle. She sired the future Robert I of Scotland, who became the new Earl of Carrick upon her death in 1292.